Germany 1976 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 243 of 496 seats with 48.7% of the vote; 90.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.4 points on 1972.
- Germany
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 214 | −16 | 42.6 | −3.2 | 16,099,019 |
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 190 | +13 | 38.1 | +2.9 | 14,367,302 |
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | 53 | +5 | 10.6 | +0.9 | 4,027,499 |
| Free Democratic Party | 39 | −2 | 7.9 | −0.5 | 2,995,085 |
| National Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | −0.3 | 122,661 |
± is the change against the Germany 1972 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 16,099,019
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany 14,367,302
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria 4,027,499
- Free Democratic Party 2,995,085
- National Democratic Party 122,661
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
90.7% of the 42,058,015 registered voters cast a ballot (38,165,753 ballots), down 0.4 points on 1972. 37,822,500 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- CDU/CSU48.7% of votes49.0% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany42.6% of votes43.1% of seats
- Free Democratic Party7.9% of votes7.9% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.4 by votes and 2.3 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 6.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.